I'm currently sitting on a SB i5-2500K waiting to upgrade. From what it seems Haswell might not live up to its hype.

On one hand I hope it doesn't. Then I would just grab an IB i7-3770K (used or not) for cheap and keep my P8Z77-V Pro motherboard.

On the other hand, CPU upgrades are really slowing down. We need more processing power, Crysis 3 almost maxes out even the 3770K!

I think the problem is there are virtualky no games that make use of ht afaik, so we need more games to make use of it which would then give us a need to upgrade. In terms of just gaming i dont think i would have needed to upgrade from my old i7 920, but i fold so the computing performance is mpre necessary.

Cant remember where i read it but It said that Intel will be using None-soldered IHS (cheap tim in other words) on all future cpus, probably to save money.

It's been pretty much de-bunked that the TIM Intel is using is cheap and it is increasingly becoming apparent that the TIM itself is not the cause for higher temps. The distance between the IHS and the CPU has appeared to be the root cause of the temp problems- see below:

It's been pretty much de-bunked that the TIM Intel is using is cheap and it is increasingly becoming apparent that the TIM itself is not the cause for higher temps. The distance between the IHS and the CPU has appeared to be the root cause of the temp problems- see below:

Very disappointed with how this new generation is looking so I think ill just go ahead and build my partner an IB setup rather than wait any longer. She has been chewing my ear off for weeks now but I managed to persuade her to hang fire, which took some doing I might add but wish I didn't bother. Clock for clock it is on par with IB so I really can't see the point in making her wait any longer, if she wanted on board graphics I would be inclined to wait but this is not the case providing an irrelevant gain, very poor form Intel.

Intersting so far. Bad if its true.
Higher TDW, higher power consumption, higher temps and only 5% + performance.
Only overclocking seems amazing. Maybe 5.5 ghz is possible with good chips.
The only reason for an upgrade would be my bad i7-3770k which can do only 4,6 ghz.
I hope to see more reviews. The good thing is it gives AMD a chance. Lets see.